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M. L. GREENSTHEET.

ROLLING TOY. APPLICATION man MAY31.19|9.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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vented a certain new `and iuseful "Improvement in Rolling 'Ioys, ,of -which 'the `follo1W- ing is ,ajfull, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others lskilled in the art to which it appertains to make .and `use the same, reference being Thadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. y w

My invention .relates t0 e Vmilling tov and has for its object the provision of` relatively simple and inexpensive toy that is provided with wheels whereby it may be rolled upon relatively smooth surfaces such as a floor or pavement and said toy being equipped with mechanism including a spring which is effective in causing the toy to roll backward or in a reverse direction after it has been rolled forwardly or away from the operator for a considerable distance, and which latter action, it will be understood, is accomplished through impetus given to the toy as the result of a sudden pushing or shoving movement. With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a rolling toy of my improved construction.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken ap proximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical Section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, which' illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates the body of the toy which, in this instance, is designed to represent a street car, although it will be understood that said body can take various forms, for instance, it can be designed to represent a railway car, a locomotive, a motor vehicle, an` air-ship, or a vessel.

Where this body is designed to represent a street car or railway car, the side walls of the body can be painted or stenciled so as to represent windows .and doors and with representations of the passengers within the y G n-nnns'rnnn'r, a citizen jof the United States,`-re siding at Maplewood, Missouri, have in` "formed in the bottoni 11.

car,"ofsectionsl of paper or the like Amay be printed with 'such representations and pasted -on the nwalls `of Ysaid body.`

'lhebody 4is-made hollow or `bon-like, and in addltion to the sideand end walls, in-

cludesafbottoin 11 `andia top 12. Suitably `yeurnalledlin the side walls of the body and preferablynear the ends thereof are axles` 13,*eac`h "of which carriesa pair of wheels 14, the-latter:projecting through openings 15 n M Journaled in suitablebearingson the side `walls of the body at a :point betweentheaxles 13 is a shaft `16 which carries" agrooved or flanged drum 17 and secured thereto and adapted to wind thereupon is one end of a flexible member 18 such as a cord or small cable. The other end of this cord is secured in any suitable manner to one of the shafts 13.

Secured to the body 10 and preferably to the top 12 thereof is one end of a torsional coil spring 19, the other end of which eX- tends downward to form an arm 20, the same terminating in a hook or eye 21. Secured to this hook or eye is one end of a iiexible member 22, either a cord or small cable, the other end of which is secured to shaft 16.

A toy of this construction is placed on a` relatively smooth surface, such as a floor or pavement, and when given a sudden forward movement, will roll for a considerable distance forwardly from the operator, and during this forward movemennthe cord or cable 18 will unwind from the drum 17 and wind onto the axle 13 to which said cord or cable is attached. This movement will necessarily wind a part of cord or cable 22 onto the shaft 16, thereby pullingthe end of arm 20 toward said shaft, and consequently storing power in spring 19.

When the force of the impetus given to the toy has spent itself and said toy ceases to move forwardly, the power stored in spring 19 will act to cause said toy to roll in a reverse direction, thereby returning to the point from which it was started, and during this return movement, the arm 2O will Which it is attached, thereby imparting rotary movement to the latter Yandf'tol the wheels carried thereby.

I have demonstrated in practice that properly proportioning the Weight ofthe toy, the tension of the spring, and the relative sizes of the shaft 16, drum 17, and axle 13 to Whichcord 18 is connected, the

' toy will move forward and backward three changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved toy can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, Without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of Whichis set forth in the"appended claims.

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What Iclaim is: 1. In a toy of the class described, a body,

y Wheel carrying axles supporting` said body, Ya shaft Journaled in the body,a Winding drum carried by said shaft, a flexible member secured to said winding drum and to one of the axles, a spring' carried by said body, and a cable secured to said spring and izo saidshaft.

vf2. In atoy of the class described` a body,

a pair of Wheel carrying axles journaled iu said body, a shaft journaled in the body bctween said axles, a drum carried by said shaft, a flexible member secured to said drum and one of the axles, a springarranged in the body adjacent tothe shaft and drum,

one end of said spring being extended to form an arm, and a flexible Vmember secured to the end of said arm and to said shaft. v 4 n In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature this 26th day ofy May, 1919.

MILFRED L. GREENSTREET.

addressing the Commissioner of PatenLs,

' Washington, D. C. 

